Listed Building record MDR24385 - Cavanaleck and Overlaw, Nos. 195-197 Lightwood Road, Buxton

Cavanaleck and Overlaw, Nos. 195-197 Lightwood Road, Buxton, built c1903. From the National Heritage for England: 'This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 02/10/2015 SK07SE 616-1/2/52 BUXTON LIGHTWOOD ROAD (West side) Nos.195 AND 197 Cavanaleck (No.195) and Overlaw (No.197) (Formerly listed as Cavanaleck (No.195) and Paul Dinsdale Associates (No.197)) 23/03/81 GV II 2 houses. 1903-04, by Barry Parker and Raymond Unwin. Roughly coursed gritstone, with ashlar dressings. Tiled roofs with overhanging eaves and moulded wooden barge boards plus part rendered brick stack. STYLE: Vernacular Revival. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic and basement. Irregular, twin gabled, 4 window street front. Single-storey centre has 2 small 2-light mullion windows, over 2 basement doors, and above a 3-light raking dormer window. Left gable has a canted ground floor corner bay window of 4-lights, with single light window to right, and above a 3-light mullion window. Projecting right gable has two 4-light mullion windows to each floor that wrap around the corners. Right return has off-centre doorway reached by steps and recessed within an arched opening with angled sides plus a part glazed plank door with iron studs. Above a 4-light mullion window, and to right a 2 storey projecting gable wing with two 4-light mullion windows to each floor that wrap around the corners. Above in the main gable a further 4-light mullion window. Left return has similar fenestration. All windows have square leaded casements. INTERIOR: reputed to have many of the original features. These include: exposed ceiling joists to sitting room and inglenook with stone fireplace with copper hood and settles, bookshelves above; recess for clock above bressumer: plain staircase with solid timber string and full height newels. Art Nouveau influence in design of window furniture. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Derbyshire: Harmondsworth: 1953-1986: 116). Listing NGR: SK0562874523.' (1)